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What You Will Not Find Here
Maylin Clinic Apgujeong Reviews and Patient Stories
You will not find testimonials on this site. That is a decision, not an omission, and this page explains it — along with what we publish instead, so that you still have something to judge us by.
Why there are none
Korean medical advertising law prohibits the use of patients’ accounts of their treatment in advertising by a clinic. Article 56 of the Medical Service Act is explicit about it, and a clinic website is advertising.
We would hold to this even if the law were silent. A testimonial tells you what happened to one person whose skin, age, history and expectations are not yours. Published on the clinic’s own site, chosen by the clinic, it tells you almost nothing except that at least one person was pleased. The ones that were not pleased do not get published.
This is the same rule we set out in the Medical Editorial Policy, where patient testimonials used as advertising appear in the list of things we do not publish. This page is that rule applied to itself.
What we publish instead
Four things, each of which you can check without trusting us.
Published research
Papers our doctors have written, listed with links to PubMed so you can read them in the journal rather than in our summary. They are on the Journal Articles page.
The evidence behind each treatment
Treatment pages cite the studies they rest on, and say where a study stops short of proving what the page claims. The method is in the Medical Review Process.
Who the doctors are
Qualifications, society positions and editorial roles, with the commercial relationships that could pull against you stated in the same place. See Our Doctors.
Case records
Where a case is shown, it is shown as a record with the treatment, the interval and the limits stated — not as a promise of what will happen to you, and only with documented consent.
If you want to hear from patients
Accounts written by patients exist, on review platforms, on Naver, and in forums where people compare clinics. We do not run those places, cannot edit them, and do not ask anyone to post there.
That independence is the whole value of them. It also means we cannot vouch for any of it, including the favourable parts. Read them the way you would read any review: look for detail, look for what the writer wanted, and be wary of anything that reads like a leaflet.
These are third-party platforms we do not run, control, or edit.
What we can offer instead of a story
A consultation, in which a doctor examines your skin and tells you what the treatment would do, what it would not do, and what it would cost — and tells you when the answer is that nothing is needed. That is a better basis for a decision than someone else’s experience, and it is the only one we will give you.
You can start that on the Contact page.
Last updated 23 September 2026. See also the Medical Editorial Policy and the Medical Disclaimer.